Physics for scientists and engineers : a strategic approach with modern physics / Randal D. Knight

By:

Knight, Randall D

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Harlow, England : Pearson Education Limited, 2017.Edition: 14th ed. Global edDescription: 1 volume (various pagings): illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:

9781292157429

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DDC classification:

530 Kn Ph

Contents:

Part I. Newton's laws. Concepts of motion ; Kinematics in one dimension ; Vectors and coordinate systems ; Kinematics in two dimensions ; Force and motion ; Dynamics I: motion along a line ; Newton's third law ; Dynamics II: motion in a plane -- part II. Conservation laws. Work and kinetic energy ; Interactions and potential energy ; Impulse and momentum -- part III. Applications of Newtonian mechanics. Rotation of a rigid body ; Newton's theory of gravity ; Fluids and elasticity -- part IV. Oscillations and waves. Oscillations ; Traveling waves ; Superposition -- part V. Thermodynamics. A macroscopic description of matter ; Work, heat, and the first law of thermodynamics ; The micro/macro connection ; Heat engines and refrigerators -- part VI. Electricity and magnetism. Electric charges and forces ; The electric field ; Gauss's law ; The electric potential ; Potential and field ; Current and resistance ; Fundamentals of circuits ; The magnetic field ; Electromagnetic induction ; Electromagnetic fields and waves ; AC circuits -- part VII. Optics. Wave optics ; Ray optics ; Optical instruments -- part VIII. Relativity and quantum physics. Relativity ; The foundations of modern physics ; Quantization ; Wave functions and uncertainty ; One-dimensional quantum mechanics ; Atomic physics ; Nuclear physics -- Appendix A: Mathematics review -- Appendix B: Periodic table of elements ; Appendix C: Atomic and nuclear data -- Answers to Stop to think questions and odd-numbered problems.

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Part I. Newton's laws. Concepts of motion ; Kinematics in one dimension ; Vectors and coordinate systems ; Kinematics in two dimensions ; Force and motion ; Dynamics I: motion along a line ; Newton's third law ; Dynamics II: motion in a plane --
part II. Conservation laws. Work and kinetic energy ; Interactions and potential energy ; Impulse and momentum --
part III. Applications of Newtonian mechanics. Rotation of a rigid body ; Newton's theory of gravity ; Fluids and elasticity --
part IV. Oscillations and waves. Oscillations ; Traveling waves ; Superposition --
part V. Thermodynamics. A macroscopic description of matter ; Work, heat, and the first law of thermodynamics ; The micro/macro connection ; Heat engines and refrigerators --
part VI. Electricity and magnetism. Electric charges and forces ; The electric field ; Gauss's law ; The electric potential ; Potential and field ; Current and resistance ; Fundamentals of circuits ; The magnetic field ; Electromagnetic induction ; Electromagnetic fields and waves ; AC circuits --
part VII. Optics. Wave optics ; Ray optics ; Optical instruments --
part VIII. Relativity and quantum physics. Relativity ; The foundations of modern physics ; Quantization ; Wave functions and uncertainty ; One-dimensional quantum mechanics ; Atomic physics ; Nuclear physics --
Appendix A: Mathematics review --
Appendix B: Periodic table of elements ; Appendix C: Atomic and nuclear data --
Answers to Stop to think questions and odd-numbered problems.

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